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No it won't. This result is related to the problems of proving properties about the prime numbers (such as gaps) and of determining whether or not a given number is prime. It has nothing to do with the computational intractability of factoring large numbers.

RSA utilizes an extremely large semiprime (the product of two very large prime numbers) to generate a public/private key pair. This result does not meaningfully change anything related to the computational work required to factor semiprime numbers that have over 600 digits.




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